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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 2:04 PM PST for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:04 PM PST (22:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973 WWUS76 KMFR 042204 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 204 PM PST SUN MAR 4 2012 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE CASCADES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-050615- /O.UPG.KMFR.HW.A.0008.120305T1800Z-120306T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.120305T1800Z-120306T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 204 PM PST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A FEW GUSTS PAST 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SUMMER RIM AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE TO PAISLEY AND ALSO PORTIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS VALLEY AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL HAZARDS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SPILDE
4 follow-up statements
125 WWUS76 KMFR 050557 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 957 PM PST SUN MAR 4 2012 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE CASCADES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060000- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.120305T1800Z-120306T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 957 PM PST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A FEW GUSTS PAST 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SUMMER RIM AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE TO PAISLEY AND ALSO PORTIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS VALLEY AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL HAZARDS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PETRUCELLI
953 WWUS76 KMFR 051705 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 905 AM PST MON MAR 5 2012 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE CASCADES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060300- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.120305T1800Z-120306T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 905 AM PST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A FEW GUSTS PAST 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SUMMER RIM AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE TO PAISLEY AND ALSO PORTIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS VALLEY AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL HAZARDS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
538 WWUS76 KMFR 052230 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 230 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON... BRINGING GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE CASCADES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 230 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. A FEW GUSTS PAST 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SUMMER RIM AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SUMMER LAKE TO PAISLEY AND ALSO PORTIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS VALLEY AND THE WARNERS NEAR HART MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL HAZARDS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
155 WWUS76 KMFR 060604 NPWMFR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1004 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012 CAZ085-ORZ030-031-060715- /O.EXP.KMFR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 1004 PM PST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE MEASURED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH NEAR SUMMER LAKE EARLIER THIS EVENING. $$ DW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 36 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 4 days |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.